Hope vs Luverne

A side-by-side comparison of Hope and Luverne: population, income, housing, and more.

Hope and Luverne are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hope has the higher population (321 vs 59 in Luverne). Luverne has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $53,750 in Hope). Since 2019, Luverne's population has grown faster (+96.7% vs +12.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Luverne
Population	321	59
Median age	40.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$88,750
Median home value	$110,400	—
Median gross rent	$636	—
Housing units	149	24
Homeownership rate	69.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Luverne
Population	286 → 321 (+12.2%)	30 → 59 (+96.7%)
Median household income	$52,344 → $53,750 (+2.7%)	$73,750 → $88,750 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $110,400 (+41.0%)	$27,500 → $30,000 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $636 (+28.2%)	—

Hope

Population

286321

Median household income

$52,344$53,750

Median home value

$78,300$110,400

Median gross rent

$496$636

Luverne

Population

3059

Median household income

$73,750$88,750

Median home value

$27,500$30,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope	Luverne
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	30.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	3.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	20.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	10.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Luverne
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Luverne
No high school diploma	8.4%	30.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Luverne
Drove alone	84.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Luverne
1-unit, detached	66.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hope	Luverne
Poverty rate	13.4%	33.9%
Average household size	2.49	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	12	17
Median year structure built	1958	1938